Manuel de Guirior

Manuel de Guirior (in full, ''Manuel de Guirior y Portal de Huarte y Edozain, marqués de Guirior'') (1708 – November 25, 1788^{[https://web.archive.org/web/20021020215945/http://www.adonde.com/aqui/noviembre.htm]}) was a Spanish naval officer and colonial administrator. He was viceroy of New Granada from 1772 to 1776 and of Peru from July 17, 1776, to July 21, 1780.

Guirior was born into a noble family of Navarre. He entered the navy in 1733 as a lieutenant. He fought in the Seven Years' War against the English, and also against the Berbers in the Mediterranean. He was a knight of the Order of St. John.

Guirior was married to Maria Ventura de Guirior, to whom he presented a noted emerald and diamond parure. On his death in 1788, his titles passed to his great-nephew Don José Maria de Guirior and Larrea. Provided by Wikipedia